Stefan Mileschin

RD500 & RC500 Deliver Enthusiast-Level Performance to Gaming and Mobile PCs

Düsseldorf, Germany, 01st August 2019 – Toshiba Memory Europe GmbH today announced the launch of two new series of NVMe™ PCIe® 3.0 Gen3x4 M.2 solid state drives (SSDs), the RD500 and RC500 Series. Both product families feature the company’s own state-of-the-art 96-layer TLC (triple-level cell) BiCS FLASH™ 3D memory.

Toshiba Memory’s new SSDs are high-performance solutions for today’s mainstream gamers, DIY system builders and upgrade solution seekers. A next-generation PCIe interface enables the RD500 and RC500 Series to provide a more responsive PC experience with shorter storage latency than that of SATA SSDs.

Suitable for PC gaming enthusiasts, the RD500 Series offers top-of-class [1] performance thanks to a newly designed 8-channel controller that brings out the full potential of BiCS FLASH. The RD500 Series achieves sequential read and write speed up to 3,400MB/s and 3,200MB/s respectively and delivers random read and write performance up to 685,000 IOPS and 625,000 IOPS. The RD500 Series is available in capacities up to 2,000 gigabytes (GB) / 2 terabytes (TB).

Built from the ground up to deliver faster-than-SATA performance, the RC500 Series uses a 4-channel controller that is ideal for users requiring faster solutions for mainstream PCs. Available in capacities up to 1,000GB / 1TB in a single-sided module, the RC500 Series realizes top-class random performance [2].

“With the introduction of the new NVMe/PCIe SSDs, RD500 and RC500 Series, we have created a dedicated range for the Gaming enthusiast and mainstream gamer. This will allow them to enhance speed and performance of their systems for an all-round better gaming experience,” comments Paul Rowan, Vice President at Toshiba Memory Europe GmbH.

The new SSD series will be available in the fourth calendar quarter of this year.


Key features of the RD500 and RC500 include:

96-layer TLC BiCS FLASH
PCIe 3.0 Gen3x4
NVMe 1.3c interface specifications supported
Available in a compact M.2 2280 (22x80mm) form factor for compatibility with desktop and notebook PCs
SLC cache

About Toshiba Memory Europe GmbH
We, Toshiba Memory Europe GmbH, are the European business of Toshiba Memory Corporation. Our company offers a broad product line of flash memory products, including SD Cards, USB flash drives, and embedded memory components, in addition to solid state drives (SSD). Our company maintains offices in Germany, France, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. President is Masaru Takeuchi.

For more information please visit: business.toshiba-memory.com